Robert S Lyle
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled when battle-damaged A/C # 42-97978 crash landed at Snetterton Heath returning from mission. 29 July 1944: Lt Lyle's plane crashed just short of the base. Three crewmen were killed and another was seriously wounded. Radio man C. D. Terry recalle
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gin Rickey
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
29 July 1944 | ||
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Born |
Wisconsin |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Snetterton Falcons, pg 151, 175-176, 178; Ninety-Sixth Bomb Group Flight Roster, p. 76,